The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 2029
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 AM
3:32 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1311
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 196.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -24.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.47° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.74° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.